Heat-shield for automobiles.



J. A. CYPERT. HEAT SHlELD FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED MAR..21. l-9H- 1,258,990. Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

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JOSEPH A. PERT, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HEAT-SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

. Specification Letters Patent.

Patented Mai-.123, 1913.

Application filed March 21,1817. Serial No. 156,496.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JosErH A. Crrrnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county'of Jackson and State'of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heat-Shields for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to heat shields for automobile bodiesand seeks to entirely insulate the fioor of the body from the heat generated by the engine and at the same time allow the necessary air circulation below the body of the-car to carry off the heat generated by the engine. 4 The floor of an automobileis usually provided with openings for the operating e vers and-owing to the forward motion of the ma chine and the upward tendency of hot air, I

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the heat passes under the floor heating it to a disagreeable tem erature and issues through the floor aroun the operating levers to the'extent' that the feet-oi the operator are very frequently burned.

- There havebeen attempts to overcome the objections of the disagreeably heated floor by arranging a shieldto direct the air downward below the frame of the automobile, but

this method is objectionable for the reason that it obstructs the air passage which is a vitnlnecessity to the cooling system of the" radiator. -This construction is believed to have resulted from the difiiculty of passing the operating levers of the automobile without exposing o enings for therising heated air, thereby de eating the purpose for which it was intended.-

- An object'of the improved invention is to rovide a shield that will extend rearwardly between the floor of the body and the transmission of the engine, and beyond the end of the transmission case, allowing a circulation of air below the shield to carry off all heated air' from the engine and cool the radiator.

Another object of the improved invention is to completely seal the opening in the shield for the operatin levers preventing heated air from rising t erearound and arranged to'allow the full control of the operating levers.

Another object of the invention is to provide-an improved heat shield that can be attached to the ordinary automobile, preferably a Ford car, and arranged whereby it j shield and the levers. v

Another object'of this invention is' to provide a means to snugly fit a slide aroundga.

lever having larger ends than the portion off the lever to receive the slide.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims,

the accompan ing drawings illustrating an application 0 the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a fragmentary broken view. of an automobile illustrating the improved heat shield in position.

Fig. 2 is a' front view of the shield as V Fig; 3 is a plan view of the shield showing the slides in position and a, fragmentary view of'the automobile engine, transmission and the exhaust pipe shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the-heat shield with the slides removed to show the slot out therein toallow the full operation of the levers.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective viewof one of the lever slides illustrating\ the mannor of s reading the portions of t prepare ory for'the reception of the lever.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of ,the' slide adapted to close the opening in the shield after being placed around the levers. v,

The engine frame 6 of the Ford motor car is'constructed in such a manner as to leave the narrow upward projection 7, between the cylinder 8 and fly wheel casing 9. The vertical shield 10 is provided with Y a slot 11 adapted to fit over the projection, securing] the shield'to the engine andallowing the upthe body ,of the car 12,.makin a ti t fit and forcing the air currents to etour elow the bottom of the vertical shield. It is not necessary to secure the upper portion of; the

vertical shield to the body of'thecar-litltif so desired it may be secured by nails or screws driven through holes 13.

T he. vertical shield 10 is provided with. I

100 per portion of the shield to spring a ainst a parts thereof. This slot is Wide tending from the dash board to the engine of an automobile. The vertical shield 10 is provided with hole 15 and a slit leading thereto from the edge of the shield for the reception of the ordinary exhaust pi e 16.

slanting shield 1 is entirely supported b one end thereof secured to the vertical sli ield by bolts 18, this being the most convenient and practical way or forming an air space therebelow, making a very etficient heat insulating shield.

Shield 17 is provided with a wide slot 19 opening out at one edge of the shield and arranged to easily slidearound the levers of the automobile without disturbing any enough to allow the full shifting of the operating levers.

After the shield 17 is positioned on the automobile the closing slide 20 is slid into 'air space I --Th1s arrangement pIDVlClBS an absolute closed position as shown in Fig. 3 and secured in place by bolt 21 and catch 22 thus closing all the opening unnecessary for the operation of the levers.

The lever slides 23 are preferably of thin fiber or otherpliable material, each provided with anopening to fit snugly around the respective operating'lever 24 and a slit 25 extending from the outer side 0 ach slide tojthe opening in the center thereb 'for the casyadm'ittance of the levers. The

slides are arranged to fit tightly together and are of suflicient length to maintain an absolute closure from a1r passing between the shield 17 and levers 24 regardless of the position of the levers.

In the operation of the device the parts are assembled as described and shown in the accompanying drawing, the vertical shield adapted to force the air downward for a short distance so that it may be allowed to easily follow the surface of the shield 17 with the least possible heating thereof, and

the shield 17 of sufficient length to allow the air to be conveyed rearwardly enough to prevent the return of air into the a ove the shield 17.

heat insulator at the same time does not interfere with the air circulation neces-.

may pass 50m the radiator of the car between shields and the transmission case of said automobile.

2. A Shield adapted to fit and fill between the side walls of the body of a car and below the floor, said shield spaced above the transmission case and between the transmission case and the floor and extending rearwardly beyond the transmission case, and said shield arranged to fit snugly around the operating levers of said car to prevent air from passing between said levers and said shield. p

3. A shield adapted to be supported and spaced between the floor and transmission of an automobile, a slot in said shield arranged to receive the operating levers of said automobile slides, said slides having slots and slits therein to,.fit around said levers and slide on said shield whereby air cannot circulate between said levers and said shield.

4. A shield provided with a. slot adapted to he slid between the floor*'and'transmission of an automobile and spaced -th'erebetween, said slot arranged to allow the operation of the operating levers on said automobile; and slides arranged to prevent air under the shield from rising thereabove.

5,. .A. shield provided with a slot, said shield arranged to he slid around and beyond the operating levers of an automobile so that said slot will receive said levers, slides slipped on said levers and adapted to slide on said shield, and a slide arranged to chose the portion of slot in the portion of paid shield extending beyond the operating evers. 1 

